Belated Cousin my Younger Cake gives
Forgive my Busy Bee to Greet you well
Since both we in Tune to the Yorker's, lives
Are what a few Dollars which I can sell
Now, how was your Day? Special as it seems
That the Early History our Links blur
Perhaps I was Young to sort out the Reams
Forgetting that Paper, Pink would occur
Overall, such a Worry-Wart I am
To think that you have Stones in my Basket
Realising that our Blood's Strength it can
Revive my Love's Story in your Pocket.
Greatly wish, Manang, my missed Uncle bears
Take his Candle; And put it in your hair.

Unom ka itom nga tuldok,
Nipilit sa lain laing parte sa akong lawas.
Dala ni ini atung mga kalipay,
Og mga kaguol para ingnung patas.

Ikaw ang itom nga tuldok,
Nga nagunitan sa akong kamot.
Usahay mubuhi kay nabatyag
Nimo akong dala nga kaalimoot.

Ikaw ang itom nga tuldok,
Nga uban permi sa akong kumagko.
Nagpamatood nga bisan asa ko maabot,
Ikaw ra gyud ako kuyug.

Ikaw ang itom nga tuldok,
Nga anaa dapit sa akong ilong.
Agi anan sa akong mga luha,
Ug magkaboang atung relasyon.

Ikaw ang itom nga tuldok,
Nga nagdumili mu biya.
Apan plinastik manang imoha,
Di ka kahibaw ug kanus-a ka mupahawa.

Ikaw ang itom nga tuldok,
Naglaroy laroy sa akong utok.
Manaog ka usahay sa liog,
Para ako matuok.

Ikaw ra gyud unta ang itom nga tuldok,
Nga grabeg pilit sa akong dughan.
Apan karon, gamay nalang nga tulod,
Para ikaw akong buhian.

UWIAN:
Unang hakbang pagpasok sa tarangkahan.
Pangalawa, at tumingin sa daan.
Pangatlo, at tumingala sa kalawakan.

Saka naglakad pa ng isang daan at tatlumpung hakbang,
Sa apat, hanggang lima narinig ko ang andar ng jeep ni Ama
Sa anim hanggang pito narinig ko ang pagkukwenta ni Ana.

Sa walo hanggang siyam nakita ko ang tongitsan ni Manang.
Sa sampu hanggang labing-isa umiwas sa konstrukyon ni Saavedra.
Sa labing-dalawa at hanggang labing- tatlo ay narinig ang sigawan nina Agnes at Cito.

Sa bawat bahay, at taong nadadaanan
Tanging pagkaway at ngiti lang ang nadadatnan.
At ilan lang ito sa mga bagay na inuuwian.

Nagpatuloy sa paglalakad hanggang umabot sa abandonadong bahay,
Madilim man, at magulo sa loob. Ngunit amoy na amoy pa rin
Ang buhay na puno ng sampaguita.

Pumitas ako, inamoy pa ito, at nagbaon ng ilan nito.
Ipinikit ang mata ko, at saka linanghap ang mabangong amoy nito.
Saka naglakad pa at pumapasok sa aking tahanan.

🐍- the other one is a dumb old bias
— Hi grandma. I know you cannot read this. I miss you. But it breaks my heart to know you got favorites. You only miss me when I am gone. When out of your sight. But I did not resent you for what you did. Instead, I took care of you.

🎭- the other one is a fake story maker
—Hi manang, Thank you for respecting and honoring our absence. Keep up the good work!

🐀- an over thinker, toxic *****
—Hi *****, yeah that's you! Rich right? Coming from me. Rich of emotions. Rich of words. But never rich in terms of money. Thank you for truly revealing your true colors. We did not fail to doubt ourselves and see the real you.

God knows what you did to us. And I will never, ever, forgive you for that. Time will only tell me when. Okay? Not you. So shut the **** up!


👀- squinted feeling rich guy
— Hi four-eyed cousin of mine. I blocked you because everything you see in me, you always report it to your mom. Nag newscaster ka nalang kaya ano? (You should have been a newscaster) You got the nerve to suspect me and my motives, twist and turns my words and turn it against me. You made me feel like it was my fault, it was not. Why? To let everyone see that you are a good kid?

Everyone defends us in our absence, looks for our presence when we are not around. Everyone made a bad impression about you. So stop being almighty okay? It does not ******* suit you!

🙄- the college drop out ****
—Hi ****. When you sell the table back from grandma's house, were you selling or backstabbing us? You were already ages ago from Customer Service right? Why did you not know how to market and sell a thing without even insulting us?! Girl, I did not even touch you. Why were you saying that I hurt you. I did not interrogate you just like a **** journalist, I was asking questions to get to know you more.

Well, you stick like a magnet to my aunt because she lives abroad and marries an American Guy to help sustain herself. She got her mortgaged apartment, no job, no money.

She is turning you into someone like her. Run while you still can. If not, you will regret it.

And they all live together backstabbing my family. The end.